Movable Type Knowledge Base: Changing URL For New Domain or Location

Question

My domain name has changed and I need to update Movable Type to use the correct location.

Answer

Update your CGIPath (and StaticWebPath, if applicable) in mt-config.cgi¹ to use the new domain name/location of your installation. Use a plain text editor to modify the file and be sure it is uploaded in ASCII mode when restoring it back to the server.
Log into Movable Type and go to Settings > Publishing² for your weblog(s). Update the paths there and save the changes.
Note that if your server has not changed, only the domain name, you only need to update the URLs for the new name. If both the server and the domain have changed, you'll need to update both the Paths and URLs.
Rebuild your site to update all the pages to use the new domain name.

¹ In versions prior to 3.2, the configuration file is named mt.cfg.

² In versions prior to 3.2, navigate to Weblog Configuration > Core Setup.

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